Sir Russell and nightsilver: you really should give The Ancient (the amazing third track/side of Yes' Tales From Topographic Oceans) a listen. Stunning, evocative piece of music that goes far beyond the bounds of '70s progressive rock (yes, I know Tales is sometimes a love-or-hate album). What Steve Howe and Alan White conjure up is a kind of primeval stone-agey magnificence that seems to track the road from Neanderthal to literate human culture and the ongoing struggle within us. And Howe's guitar playing on that one is like nothing you've ever heard before...